M.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, July 2006 - April 2008
Research Assistant, May 2008 - July 2008
B.Eng. Engineering Physics, 2005, McMaster

Jennifer Russell completed her B.Eng in Engineering Physics at McMaster University in April 2005. Between 2006-2008, she completed her M.A.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering in April 2008 with Dr. Qiyin Fang and Dr. Joseph E. Hayward as her thesis advisors. Her thesis dealt with the characterization of the fluorescence lifetimes of two PDT photosensitizers, Photofrin and PpIX, both in organic solution and in MLL cells. She stayed on in the lab until July 2008 to continue working on some questions related to that research.

Currently, Jennifer is with the McMaster Stem Cell Research Institute.

2008

• J. A. Russell, K. R. Diamond, T. Collins, H. F. Tiedje, J. E. Hayward, T. J. Farrell, M. S. Patterson, Q. Fang, “Characterization of Fluorescence Lifetime of Photofrin and Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Induced Protoporphyrin IX in Living Cells using Single and Two-photon Excitation,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 14(1): 158-166, 2008.

Fluorescence Lifetime of PDT Photosensitizers